Overview
Fender Katsalidis Architects have helped shape how Australia sees its architecture and, moreover, how the world sees Australia.This book - designed for the provocative arts patron David Walsh, the Museum of Old and New Art - follows FKA's work including the bunkered art gallery in a rocky promontory on the outskirts of Hobart, which has quickly established Tasmania as a global cultural destination. At the other end of the scale, quite literally, the soaring Eureka Tower rises from the close cluster of buildings on Melbourne's Southbank to project an image of cosmopolitan urbanity.Working across the full cycle of architectural design, from planning and detailing, to construction and delivery and even through innovation in the commercial development model, FKA is committed to testing the limits of what architecture can be and do: a commitment that is constant throughout its more than 25 years in practice.With book design by Gary Emery, one of Australia's most pre- eminent graphic artists, Working Architecture traces this rich history through 31 key projects, including buildings in the arts, business, private housing and of course in apartment design, where the practice has had siginifcant influence on Australia's urban renaissance.Working Architecture includes written contributions from Leon van Schaik AO, Graeme Gunn AM and Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medalist Peter Wilson, providing a long- overdue opportunity to consider the work of one of Australia's most prolific and influential architectural practices.
Details
ISBN
9780994269775
Binding
Trade paper
